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F. The Garki area of Abuja is referred to by many key informants as a major "hot spot," having a large number of sex workers and general night life activity. The area has two mid-sized hotels, the Broadway and the Rita Lori Hotel, which are centers of night time entertainment activities with bars and dancing. Nearby are a number of smaller establishments that are also "hot spots" of night life. The sex workers and their clients who come to the area are not necessarily from the immediate neighborhood, as they may come from more distant locations to take part in the night- time activities, including sex work of the Garki area. Large, Medium and Small Hotspots Our field workers and key informants have made very provisional estimates of the sizes of the various hotspots, grouping them in to three categories based on estimated size. Large Hotspots The best-known, frequently mentioned concentrations of sex work activity are thought to be the largest in numbers of active sex workers. They are: Garki area, Nyanya, Mabushi, Wuse zone 4, the Gwagwalada University and transport terminal areas, Gwagwa, Mararaba, and Apo. Mabushi (see Map ????) Mabushi is a "village" on the outskirts of Abuja metropolitan area, near the Nigerian federal housing ministry buildings. The village is reached by the paved roadway, but the roads inside the village are unpaved. The area has both a small mosque (several small mosques??) and there are one or more small Christian churches. The police post is near the entrance to the village area. Field workers identified several small medical facilities in the area. The community is divided into ethnic communities--Tiv, Hausa, and Gwari. There is a main "ring road" in the village, called Namdiazikwe road (named after Nigeria‟s first president). A government PHC (funded by AMAC) is located on the ring road. Inside the PHC there were a number of health posters taped on the wall: Malaria, TB, nutrition to prevent Vitamin A deficiency,diabetes and leprosy. But no posters on HIV/AIDS. The PHC staff includes two senior community health extension workers, and 3 community health officers including herself. The PHC can manage only very small ailments, and all other health problems are referred to the general hospital. 32
Sex worker clusters were identified particularly in the Tiv and Gwari areas of the village. The sex workers occupy very small hutments or housing that is extremely crude, with dirt floor and dirt walls. Some are slightly more substantial, with cement walls. The hutments are very close together, and the "alleys" for passersby are only a few feet wide, so it is a very congested area. There are various vendors, medicine shops, and some other health providers. Mabushi was visited by Ex-President Jimmy Carter and Bill Gates Sr., in connection with their HIV/AIDS touring in west Africa in 2002. They were visiting with the WHED organization (see Directory), which organization has an outreach program with peer educators in the Mabushi area. The WHED newsletter estimates that there are 4000 sex workers in Mabushi. Nyanya A number of key informants identified Nyanya as a major "hot spot" in the Abuja municipal area. The area seems to be undergoing considerable transformation, as some middle class housing is being contructed right in the area that had formerly been the Mami Market and adjoining area of sex work activities. Nyanya is a residential area at the eastern edge of metropolitan Abuja, at what is known as the Karu Junction Roundabout. The road beyond the Karu Junction Roundabout is the direction to Mararaba/ Jos. The Nyanya General Hospital is across the road from the main areas of sex work. Key informants identified the main sex work area as "Obalende," which is evidently named after a similar "hot spot" area in Lagos. In the Obalende area there is a Mobile Police Barracks, and there had been an active "Mami Market" near the Mobile Police quarters. Informants estimated that there may be 50 police families living in that "barracks area." However, that Mami Market area has now been subdivided and sold as house plots, and a number of houses are being built there. The vendors in the Mami Market, and the sex workers, have scattered somewhat into the various areas of "Obalende." The area has a number of small hotels and other small dwellings, where both "country- brewed" (pito or burukutu) and commercial beer are available. In the evenings the area has much more activity, and the small shops bring out additional chairs for people to sit and drink, and the sex workers ply their trade. The hotels, such as the NO.1 Hotel, Kasham Hotel, and De-Gorges Hotel are small places with perhaps 10 to 15 rooms, with a bar on the ground floor (inside, in contrast to 33
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